It's a Mickey world after all?

[Morrigoon]

Do we REALLY believe they'll Mary Blairify them? Really?

Because, you know, the Jack Sparrow additions to Pirates fit in seamlessly with the caricaturized pirates already in the attraction

And the new pirate paintings on the entry walls fit in so perfectly with the cartoonish ones already there

Yes, we must naturally conclude that every effort will be made to have the new characters fit in perfectly with the style of the attraction.

[Prudence]

Oh, I don't think they'll actually Mary Blarify them. I was just wondering if people would consider that less objectionable.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by RStar

I guess time will tell. Most of the teens I know hate the ride, so when they are the adults there with their kids 20 years from now I would think they would still hate it.

I loved the ride as a child (Lest I remind you all again that I first experienced it a 4-year old before it ever came to Disneyland, in its original incarnation at the New York World's Fair). Then I went through a natural period of hating anything "uncool" as a teenager.

And then I've come to completely love it again as an adult. So it can and DOES happen.



I regret the 10 years when I couldn't stomach the ride because of the horrible Disneyland Paris soundtrack. I'll never get those 10 years of small world enjoyment back. If they Simba it all up, I'll be able to avert my eyes from certain things. But you can never avert your ears.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by RStar

I guess time will tell. Most of the teens I know hate the ride, so when they are the adults there with their kids 20 years from now I would think they would still hate it. But when a person ages, their tastes change so who knows?

But then again, I doubt this change to the ride will even effect their views anyway, so it's all moot.

Teens hate things. It's what they do.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Because, you know, the Jack Sparrow additions to Pirates fit in seamlessly with the caricaturized pirates already in the attraction

I think the first two JS AA's fit in VERY well - I think they did a damned good job with them. The main reason they stick out (IMO) is that one is LOOKING for them.

While the third JS AA is a little more noticeable, I think it is certainly better than what WAS there. The constipated pirate was just BAD.

[innerSpaceman]

No Kevy. They were made to look Exactly like Johnny Depp. His features were not exaggerated in the way the other Pirates' are. The "crew" of PotC are designed in the style of greek theatrical masks (though not nearly as exaggerated). They are caricatures made to play from a wee bit of distance.



Johnny is made to make me ill.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

No Kevy. They were made to look Exactly like Johnny Depp. His features were not exaggerated in the way the other Pirates' are. The "crew" of PotC are designed in the style of greek theatrical masks (though not nearly as exaggerated). They are caricatures made to play from a wee bit of distance.

No, they were made to look exactly like Captain Jack Sparrow, who himself is a character. Considering that the character's styling is based on the attraction's characters, it is not like he sticks out like a sore thumb.

If somebody were riding through the attraction for the first time, with no knowledge that there was a CJS character in there, he or she would be hard pressed to really catch that there was a difference.

The AA functionality and motion of the first CJS AA is amazing - a very large step forward in the technology. That is probably what I like most about the CJS additions.

I understand that some people find the changes to PotC blasphemous. I myself like them. And so do many other people.

[innerSpaceman]

Whatever Kevy. It just so happens that Captain Jack sparrow is the spirit and image of, omg ... Johnny Depp. So, yeah, the figures look exactly like Captain Jack Sparrow ... and they DON'T match the style of the other Pirates.

I'll grant you that the average dolt guest wouldn't notice the difference. And the average dolt guest wouldn't care.

[mousepod]

When I read the OP, I remembered that I had seen a Mary Blair picture of the "fab five" somewhere. I finally tracked it down. It was done for the cover of a program for a benefit event in 1948.

Consider this a model sheet:

[€uroMeinke]

Perhaps it's time for museumification - sell it off to a Blair collector and we can see it every now and then when someone does a Mary Blair retrospective.